Courses will help get Ireland back in swing

I had the honour of playing the Waterville Links course in Co Kerry last weekend.

For any golfer to play in such a serene setting overlooking Ballinskelligs Bay and on the texture of Waterville’s Links course, it is no wonder both elite and all grades of golfers from overseas make it a mission to play the famed Kerry golf course.

Thirty-six years ago, after bringing two executives from the Adidas headquarters in Germany on a visit to four Irish textile manufacturing companies, I flew the Germans on an Aer Arran flight to Ballinskelligs, landing on the John A Mulcahy air strip on the beach.